The Juice Fasting Bible: Discover the Power of an All-Juice Diet to Restore Good Health, Lose Weight and Increase Vitality [Paperback]

Dr. Sandra Cabot (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 28, 2007

CLEANSE THE HEALTHY WAY!

In today’s world, it is vital to detox! And there is no better way than by doing a juice fast. Fresh juices are bursting with healthy ingredients: antioxidants, vitamins, natural antibiotics, beneficial nutrients, anti-inflammatories, and even enzymes that vastly improve digestion and flush the intestinal tract.
The Juice Fasting Bible helps you harness the natural rejuvenating power of juices to improve your quality of life, enhance fitness, provide extra energy and even lengthen your lifespan. It shows how you can turn your love of juice into something wonderful for your body.
The Juice Fasting Bible guides you step by step through the entire cleansing process:

•Finding the Best Fruits and Vegetables

•Choosing the Right Fast

•Handling the Fast with Ease

•Enjoying Glorious Juice Recipes

•Ending Your Fast Properly

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About the Author

Dr Sandra Cabot graduated with honours in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Adelaide South Australia in 1975. As part of her extracurricular medical training, she studied herbal medicine, homoeopathy and nutritional medicine. Dr Cabot began her medical career in 1980 as a GP Obstetrician-Gynaecologist and practised in Sydney Australia. Her book “The Liver Cleansing Diet” has sold well over one million copies worldwide and has been translated into several languages including Arabic. The Liver Cleansing Diet Book was awarded the prestigious Australian People’s Choice Award for the most popular non fiction book in 1996.

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Ulysses Press (July 28, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569755930
• ISBN-13: 978-1569755938
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #20 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Drinks & Beverages > Juice

More About the Author

Dr Cabot is the Medical and Executive Director of the Australian National Health Advisory Service. She graduated with honours in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Adelaide in South Australia in 1975.

Dr Cabot began her medical career in 1980 as a GP Obstetrician-Gynaecologist and practised in Sydney Australia. During the mid 1980s she spent time working as a volunteer doctor at the Leyman hospital, which was the largest missionary hospital in Northern India. Dr Cabot still has an active medical practice and is still researching liver diseases.

Sandra is the author of the Liver Cleansing Diet - best selling non-fiction book of the 90's and still selling!

She is an experienced commercial pilot and flies throughout Australia, often visiting remote areas in her Beechcraft Baron aircraft doing regular work for the Angel Flight Charity, providing free transport for patients with chronic and severe disabilities in remote Australian areas. Sandra and her aircraft have done well over 150 flights since January 2007 for the Angel Flight Charity.

Dr Cabot has conducted health seminars all over the world including lectures for numerous health organisations such as The American Liver Foundation and the Annual Hepatitis Symposium. Her seminars not only provide beneficial information for attendees' health and well being, they raise much needed funds for the charitable organisations in those remote areas.

Dr Cabot believes that the most important health issues for people today are
The control of obesity and the prevention of diabetes

Educating our children about self esteem, good diet and healthy lifestyle

Making hormone replacement therapy safe and as natural as possible

The use of specific nutritional supplements to treat and prevent diseases

Educating doctors and naturopaths so that they can work together using evidence based holistic medicine to achieve the best outcomes for patients

The effective treatment of mental and emotional illness

A supportive and well educated community where people have the confidence and knowledge to find the best health care

You can read more about Dr Cabot's work in her collection of books available here at Amazon.

Customer Reviews

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65 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good resource, but is lacking in instructions, January 11, 2008

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This review is from: The Juice Fasting Bible: Discover the Power of an All-Juice Diet to Restore Good Health, Lose Weight and Increase Vitality (Paperback)

This book is a great resource for a first time faster. I like the fact that it was published in 2007, so all the information given in this book should be pretty up to date. It tells you everything you need to know about the benefits of juice fasting, what to expect during the detoxing process, what fruits and vegetables are best for juice fasting and their health benefits, juice fasting safety and preparation, what to expect psychologically during fasting, and I absolutely love the juice recipes. What this book is lacking are clear step-by-step instructions to take you through the fasting preparation, the fasting itself, and the breaking of fasting. It's all a bit vague and leaves you slightly confused. For this reason, I suggest this book in combination with Dr. Paavo Airola's "Juice Fasting: The Age-old way to a New you!", a great book with step-by-step instructions, and you should have all the resources you need for a successful fast.

Here is the table of contents:

1. Benefits of a Juice Fast
2. Detoxing for Greater Health
3. Best Fruits and Vegetables for Juicing
4. Juice Fasting Safety and Preparation
5. Choose a Program for Your Fast
6. Handling Your Fast Well
7. Glorious Juice Recipes
8. Ending Your Fast Properly
9. Testimonials
10. About the author

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lose Weight with Juice Fasting, February 16, 2011

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Rebecca Johnson "The Rebecca Review" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Juice Fasting Bible: Discover the Power of an All-Juice Diet to Restore Good Health, Lose Weight and Increase Vitality (Paperback)

"...there is no better way to improve your overall health..."

After being on a fast for three days and losing five pounds I'm a believer. Fasting does work to lose weight and it happens quickly! Once you get into your juice fast it is quite fun to experiment with different fruit and vegetable juice combinations.

"The Juice Fasting Bible" is mainly a book that promotes fasting in a very positive way. Sandra Cabot (an Australian author and doctor) has seen patients recover their health (some lost a lot of weight) after being on a juice fast and this is why she is so enthusiastic about the process.

While this book does contain recipes a lot of them included orange juice and garlic which I don't think is a good combination. I think of garlic being used more with vegetable juices, especially in combination with cayenne pepper. The recipes are given for various ailments including arthritis, gout, asthma, cancer, depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia, headaches, heart disease, fatty liver, inflammation, macular degeneration, osteoporosis, sinus problems and more. Juice fasting can also lower cholesterol levels.

The reason juice fasting works so well is because of the phytochemicals that help to prevent diseases. Like an orange has 170 phytochemicals.

Sandra Cabot includes some helpful juicing principles and some good advice like to keep the skin on apples to increase the mineral and antioxidant content of the juice. She also warns against using grapefruit juice in certain cases as it can interact with several medications. There is a short list of fruits and vegetables and why they are good for you. I don't know why she included bananas since they don't juice well. I did however like the idea of adding coconut milk to fruit juice combinations.

While this book is very helpful for the new juice faster it lacks a complete plan of action. You are basically left to figure things out for yourself and this can be confusing. The minimum amount of juice per day is discussed. For some reason most authors of juice fasting books don't tell you exactly how to organize your day. I think to be safe you should read this book but also read: Juice Fasting and Detoxification: Use the Healing Power of Fresh Juice to Feel Young and Look Great : The Fastest Way to Restore Your Health. This second book talks about a liquitarian regime that includes many other liquids so you are not just drinking fruit and vegetable juices but also almond milk, soy milk, protein powder drinks, herbal teas and broth. It also discusses taking psyllium husks Dr. Natura Colonix Intestinal Fiber (360g) is good and contains many ingredients for intestinal health - it is also easy to mix up in water just make sure you also drink more water after drinking the mixture as it expands. Really read up on this because you need to know what you are doing to be safe.)

Other things you might want to take during your juice fast include:

Nature's Way Dandelion Root Capsules, 100-Count- a natural diuretic
Beano Food Enzyme Dietary Supplement Tablets, 100-Count Bottles, (Pack of 2) - helpful for preventing gas from various vegetables so you don't feel bloated.
Source Naturals Garcinia Plus, 120 Tablets - a natural appetite suppressant
PB 8 120 vcaps- a pro-biotic

I also found this routine helpful when you are starting out and doing a fast of three
or more days:

Day 1

Start your fast at night. Make enough fruit juice for two servings. Drink one serving
and refrigerate the rest for breakfast the next morning. (I know they say fresh juice
is better but who wants to make lots of noise juicing in the morning?)

Day 2

Drink fruit juice you made the night before.
When you get hungry drink a cup of broth - you can buy a vegetable base and use a teaspoon per cup of water.
Later drink an herbal tea.
For lunch, make two servings of vegetable juice. Drink one and save the
other for dinner.
When you get hungry drink another cup of broth.
A few hours later drink a teaspoon of psyllium husks with water.
Drink more water until you feel full.
For Dinner drink your saved vegetable juice.
For Dessert later make two servings of fruit juice and save one for breakfast the next day.
(Keep water around all day and drink enough to keep you hydrated.)

Day 3: Repeat Day Two, etc.

I found this easy to stick to and felt less hunger when I included the broth. If I got really hungry I added a few tablespoons of Spirutein Tangerine Dream to the fruit juice. I did feel a little strange on day four like I needed to eat something so I broke my fast by eating something small and then decided to get right back on track again. This book tells you what to eat if this happens to you. You can eat tomato soup, fruit or vegetables. I broke my fast by eating a mango and was fine. This book tells you about a one-day fast, a two-day detox fast, a three-day rejuvenation fast and a seven day deep cleanse fast. For beginners I'd say go with one to three days until you get to really know what you are doing.

You will quickly learn how many fruits and vegetables to juice to make two servings. I basically pile up cut-up fruits and vegetables on a dinner plate. When the plate is full and will hold no more that is about two servings.

Last, but not least I found a great combination for vegetable juice that I feel the need to share. Juice the following: Two kale leaves, four carrots, one cucumber, two vine-ripened tomatoes, one orange bell pepper and four green onions - white part only. Then after you divide the juice into two servings sprinkle each with powdered garlic and cayenne pepper - stir in well. This made the juice taste so much better!

Happy Juicing! Please consult with your doctor before taking any advice in fasting books or this review. Also listen to your body. If your body is telling you to stop your fast don't ignore the warning signs.

You may also enjoy viewing: "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead." It sure motivated me and is all about juice fasting.

~The Rebecca Review
I take no responsibility for your health if you follow the advice in this review. This
advice is based on my personal experience and I am not a doctor. You may need to drink
more than four glasses of juice a day. I just only like juicing twice a day.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Is it Feast or Fast?, December 1, 2009

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This review is from: The Juice Fasting Bible: Discover the Power of an All-Juice Diet to Restore Good Health, Lose Weight and Increase Vitality (Paperback)

Although the author chose to call this book "Juice Fasting" I would have called it "Juice Feasting" as this is really about a temporary dietary session of only drinking highly nutritionally dense juices versus the traditional form of fasting.
This is really a detoxifying, nutrient rich approach to cleansing your body and giving it a digestive break at the same time. Allowing your body to flush toxins without the need for starvation and nutrient deprivation. The chapters are listed above in the first review. Anyone new to fasting might want to consider starting with this approach.
Some general comments on colonics, saunas, how to hold your fast are added as well as some basic recipes to guide you effortlessly (for the most part) into your juice "feast" fast.